Byron vs Davis Junction

A side-by-side comparison of Byron and Davis Junction: population, income, housing, and more.

Byron and Davis Junction are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Byron has the higher population (3,742 vs 2,656 in Davis Junction). Davis Junction has the higher median household income ($103,615 vs $78,235 in Byron). Davis Junction has the higher median home value ($198,200 vs $182,600 in Byron).

Population, income & housing

	Byron	Davis Junction
Population	3,742	2,656
Median age	35.8 yrs	29.8 yrs
Median household income	$78,235	$103,615
Median home value	$182,600	$198,200
Median gross rent	$941	$735
Housing units	1,521	886
Homeownership rate	70.9%	93.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.1%	29.6%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Byron	Davis Junction
Population	3,611 → 3,742 (+3.6%)	2,479 → 2,656 (+7.1%)
Median household income	$61,471 → $78,235 (+27.3%)	$72,031 → $103,615 (+43.8%)
Median home value	$143,300 → $182,600 (+27.4%)	$145,800 → $198,200 (+35.9%)
Median gross rent	$762 → $941 (+23.5%)	$996 → $735 (-26.2%)

Byron

Population

3,6113,742

Median household income

$61,471$78,235

Median home value

$143,300$182,600

Median gross rent

$762$941

Davis Junction

Population

2,4792,656

Median household income

$72,031$103,615

Median home value

$145,800$198,200

Median gross rent

$996$735

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Byron	Davis Junction
Under 5	7.7%	9.0%
5 to 17	19.3%	26.1%
18 to 24	7.8%	7.2%
25 to 34	12.9%	13.9%
35 to 44	16.4%	18.7%
45 to 54	11.5%	11.2%
55 to 64	9.4%	8.3%
65 to 74	6.4%	3.7%
75 and over	8.5%	2.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Byron	Davis Junction
White (non-Hispanic)	86.4%	79.3%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.1%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.8%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	9.3%	18.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Byron	Davis Junction
No high school diploma	4.6%	5.7%
High school graduate	28.1%	26.2%
Some college or associate's	36.1%	38.5%
Bachelor's degree	25.7%	18.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	11.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Byron	Davis Junction
Drove alone	78.2%	82.9%
Carpooled	9.4%	8.6%
Public transit	1.6%	0.0%
Walked	3.8%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.3%	7.9%
Other means	2.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Byron	Davis Junction
1-unit, detached	74.3%	83.5%
1-unit, attached	6.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	7.8%	2.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	14.3%

Poverty & households

	Byron	Davis Junction
Poverty rate	9.0%	9.6%
Average household size	2.48	3.09
Mean commute (minutes)	24	36
Median year structure built	1984	2002